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W. G. SWlFT.

NUMBER PLATE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED M \Y4.19H.

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NUMBER-PLATE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed May 4, 1914. Serial No. 836,107.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER G. SWIFT, of Providence, county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Number-Plate Holders; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full and exact description thereof.

The invention relates to a number-plate holder which is particularly designed for use upon automobiles to support the license number-plate and has for its object to produce a holder of this character having an elongated body-member and adjustable supporting members.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and more particularly set forth in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my novel number-plate holder, showing the same secured in position upon the spring-bolts of an automobile. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the number-plate holder detached. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a top plan View. Fig. 5 is a front view showing the supporting members adjusted to a different position from that shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an elongated body member which is preferably substantially the same length as the number-plate and is provided adjacent each end with a longitudinal slot 2. Said slots 2 are preferably located adjacent the top edge of the body member and are arranged and adapted to register with corresponding slots or openings in the number-plate and to receive a suitable securing device.

Pivoted upon the back of the body member 1 between the longitudinal slots 2 by means of pins or rivets 3 are two supporting members 4. Said supporting members 4 extend upward beyond the top edge of the body member and are each provided with a rearwardly extending portion 5 having a perforation or hole 6 adapted to receive the spring-bolts 7, upon which the supporting members are held by means of the nuts 8, as shown in Fig. 1.

With the above construction it will be seen that the elongated body member serves as a support for the number-plate throughout substantially its entire length and that the supporting members can be readily adjusted to engage spring-bolts that are lo cated at varying distances apart from each other.

WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is An article of the character described, com prising an elongated body member provided with a longitudinal slot adjacent each end thereof and two supporting members pivotally mounted upon the back of said body member between said longitudinal slots and having an upwardly extending portion and a rearwardly extending portion provided with a perforation adapted to receive securing means.

WALTER G. SIVIFT. Witnesses:

W. H. THURSTON, J. H. THURSTON.

Copies of this patent may'be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. 0. 

